This is the page with all the 'Fine Print'. This is the place
to find out important information about our business, including Shipping
Information, Pot Size, Guarantee, etc. Last update
to this specific, important page

We ship 2-3 day USPS Priority
Mail mid March thru early November.
We charge a combination shipping and handling fee:

2a. Shipping
and Handling charges explained in detail. Shipping is
expensive but that money goes, not to us, not to the USPS but
primarily to the Oil Companies. Get the gas prices down and
the Shipping will go down!

2b. Shipping
scheduleWe ship by
USDA planting zone in Spring and
then
ASAP June thru early-mid Nov. We don't ship to the Southern West Coast states during
the heat of summer. See the above link for more details.

2c. We ship in summer to most of the country but in the heat of summer the customer
must bear some responsibility in providing a shady place for the postman
to leave the box. We strongly
encourage you
to print the following:Message
to Mailman to alert him that you're expecting a shipment and what
to do with it. Or make
a note under 'Comments' when you check out and we'll put your note to the
Mailman on the box! Plants left in the sun WILL be damaged.

2d. Back Orders This
is one of the most difficult issues facing plant shippers. About 95% of
our orders go out as scheduled but sometimes we do have plants that aren't
ready at ship time. Please take a moment to read the
information at this link as you will be asked how you want us to handle
plants that aren't available at ship time when you check
out if you have a small order.

4. Pot Size: It is now the
law that Nurseries post the pot size they're using and give liquid
equivalent. We applaud our worthy competitors who have their pot
sizes and equivalents clearly available to customers! We use a
"trade
quart" pot which is 1.68Pints (794 ml) liquid measure. The
top of the pot (4 3/16") which is the same size as the classic nursery
quart but the sides taper down a bit and the bottom is somewhat smaller
which makes it a nice size for root development but reduces some soil
amount in the bottom of the pot to make the plants lighter for shipping.
They are also the same height as a classic nursery quart, 5 1/2" tall.
If we deviate from this pot size we
make it very clear on the page where the plants are listed.

5. Restocking/Cancellation
Fee We do charge a 10-20% cancellation fee on cancelled orders
which primarily covers the credit cards fees involved in processing
and then canceling an order but also covers office and staff time, especially if
orders have been pulled for shipment.

6.
Plant Guarantee
- we guarantee that plants arrive in good condition and are
properly identified. Please contact
us immediately if a plant arrives in poor condition. Please do not
plant a "poor/damaged" plant thinking you can bring it around and then
weeks later, contact us. We are happy to replace any plant that
arrives damaged or in poor shape but want the opportunity to counsel you
immediately on it's care and have the opportunity to check
plants and/or staff procedures here to make sure there is no problem that
would go out to other customers or to contact the Post Office for
compensation if damage appears to be their fault.
We can not replace plants that arrived in poor
condition unless notified within 3 days of arrival via E-mail with
photograph and prior to being planted.

"Well, plants arrived today and
opening the box was more exciting than Christmas! You are some kind of
garden angels because never have such perfectly formed, healthy, robust
plants been delivered to my door! And for such a perfect price. I have
carefully unpacked each one-- freeing them from both plastic and moss--
inspected them and must tell you that you have done a splendid job! Really
I think you are the best deal in gardening today. Have I gushed enough?
Well you ought to know you made my day! Looking forward to many more
plants from you."
Carolyn in Hampton, NH

We
do not have a Printed Catalogue but our website is set up in a format
(800 pixels wide) so that it is printable! So you can actually print
your own catalogue selecting only the pages you're interested in and not
wasting paper/trees on those you don't want. We
just have way too many plants to offer a printed catalogue. The cost
would be prohibitive and we're honestly against so much wasted
paper.

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"Catalogers
printed 19.5 billion catalogs last year (2006), which is enough for every man,
woman, and child to receive 71 each year.
What’s worst is that most of these catalogs contain no recycled content
and just end up in the trash unused."

No Order Pick Up at the Nursery -
after trying this for several years it simply wasn't cost efficient --
we didn't make enough money to pay the costly Liability Insurance.
We no longer carry that insurance and thus are not open to the public.

Sometimes, a perfectly nice customer and a
perfectly wonderful business, for whatever reason, just aren't a good
match. If we feel, based on a previous transaction, that we
will not be able to make you happy, we do reserve the right to refuse
future orders.

Remember,
we're all stewards of the planet. No plant is worth jeopardizing
natural areas! If we police ourselves, others won't have to do
that for us! Garden responsibly. Know your State's
Invasive Plant List. A thug in one state is often
well-behaved in another for various reasons. We remove plants that
seem to be problems across the country but we rely on our customers to
also know what plants are taboo for their state. A
'Noxious Weed' classification in one state may label a plant that's a
well-behaved plant in another state. Perfect example:
Digitalis purpurea - Common Biennial Foxglove is an asset to most gardens
but is listed as a Noxious Weed in the West. And some plants, even
Natives, (Acalypha
virginica for example) manage to show up on both the Endangered List and the Noxious
Weed list simultaneously for the same area! This is epitome of contradictions
making Acalpha virginica an Endangered Noxious Weed! We do not, in any way, make light of any of
this but mention this to show how complicated keeping track of it
is. We do our best but trying to monitor all of our 2000+ plants for
all 50 states is a huge job and we have to rely on our customers to be
concerned and informed and work with us. We give you links
here so
you can easily check on the plants you're interested in for your state.

If
the plant is problematic all over, we discontinue it.

If a plant is showing as
a weed in a few places but not widespread, we'll add this symbol to
the listing with a link to the USDA site so you can make an informed decision about
growing it in your state and on your specific property where it might not
be a problem at all.

Native Plants: We
list plants as Natives if they're Native to some part of the US.
Plants that are Native to one part of the US but not to another part may
be aggressive growers in those States not having the growing conditions, natural predators, pests, etc. that would keep them in check. We
can't even say, across the board, that all Natives are good, even in their
own state: Example: Frageria virginiana, Virginia Strawberry,
grows in all 50 states but is also on the Noxious weed list for the
Northeast -- where it's from!

You can see if a plant is Native to your area at the
following link. Just click on your
state without adding in a plant and you will get a list of all Natives
for your State. We are in the process of a massive change to
our website being more specific about whether a plant is a pure
Native species or a cultivar (select form of a species) or a hybrid of 2 or more Native
Species.

Native to some part of the
US
A Cultivar or select form of a US Native
A hybrid of 2 US Natives.